Preface --
Early Italian Popular Comedy --
Greek Comedy --
The Golden Age of Drama at Rome --
Presentation and Staging --
Stage Conventions and Techniques --
Theme and Treatment --
Methods of Composition --
Foreshadowing and Suspense --
Characters and Characterization --
Thought and Moral Tone --
The Comic Spirit in Character and Situation --
Language and Style --
Meter and Song --
The Originality of Roman Comedy: A Recapitulation --
The Influence of Plautus and Terence upon English Comedy.